Smoked salmon: which is the best?Aldi and Dunnes come out on top for smoked salmon taste and valueMon Dec 12 2016 - 01:00
Christmas: we spend money we don’t have on stuff we don’t needOr is it the most wonderful time of the year? Pricewatch debates the festive seasonMon Dec 12 2016 - 01:00
Value for Money: shortbreadButtering up: from biscuits in a musical tin to Christmas-tree and star shaped cookiesMon Dec 12 2016 - 00:00
Ireland: a safe haven for furniture fakes?As the UK extends copyright on classic designs, replica companies move hereFri Dec 09 2016 - 06:00
Big hearts: ‘There’s a childlike quality to Dubliners’The producer of ‘Big: The Musical’ believes the nature of Dublin people will make them amenable to his showThu Dec 08 2016 - 06:00
Online spending surges as high street loses outWeak sterling prompts Irish consumers to buy from UK sites and travel across the borderThu Dec 08 2016 - 01:00
Sterling and price discounts spell value for Christmas consumersIrish consumers to spend average of €2,600 in December as jobs grow and prices dropMon Dec 05 2016 - 01:00
Pricewatch: The 12 buys of Christmas . . . and 12 ways to saveHow your bill for food, parties, decorations, presents and clothes could surpass €2,000Mon Dec 05 2016 - 01:00
Robbie Keane named ‘International Person of the Year’Davitt Walsh, who saved baby during Buncrana tragedy, also honoured at eventSun Dec 04 2016 - 10:41
Parcel Motel struggles to deal with surge due to weak poundIrish customers buying post-Brexit bargains from UK complain about delivery serviceFri Dec 02 2016 - 20:03
Pet rocks and Rubik’s Cubes: The greatest toy fads since the 70sAs the hatchimal crisis takes hold we remember the toy fads of years gone byFri Dec 02 2016 - 13:38
Hatchimal crisis: One man’s search stretches four continentsFurry creatures which hatch from egg are selling online for hundreds of euroFri Dec 02 2016 - 13:37
Rental sector that is ‘fair to all’ needed for landlords and tenantsLatest Residential Tenancies Board index show rents still rising but at slower rateThu Dec 01 2016 - 10:06
One in ten young couples row weekly over phone use - surveySeven out of ten 18 to 24-year-olds check their phones at least once a night, study findsThu Dec 01 2016 - 01:00
Rent still rising but at slower rate, tenancy index revealsResidential Tenancies Board finds Dublin house rents slipped 0.6 per cent in Q3Thu Dec 01 2016 - 01:00
Bedside companion: Smartphones help us make it through the nightHalf of Irish adults with a smartphone check it at least once during the night, survey findsThu Dec 01 2016 - 00:00
Family food bill tops 30% of income in pursuit of healthy optionOver one-third of weekly budget required if balanced diet is to be achieved by familiesWed Nov 30 2016 - 15:52
Expert Commission: Taxation should cover normal use of waterIt also says a constitutional provision on public ownership should be addressedTue Nov 29 2016 - 17:33
Did you know you may be entitled to €40 over bus strikes?Commuters yet to collect €500,000 as company says was upfront over refunds processTue Nov 29 2016 - 01:00
Businessman donates dragon’s den to homeless charitiesAran Islands auction aimed at encouraging philanthropy from wealthy individualsTue Nov 29 2016 - 01:00
Cyber Monday: A very modern kind of madnessIt took a few years for the concept to cross the Atlantic, but this year Irish shoppers are set to spend close to €50m online in just 24 hoursMon Nov 28 2016 - 01:00
Give Me a Crash Course In . . . revised mortgage rulesThe new Central Bank rule changes bring (more) good news for first-time buyersSat Nov 26 2016 - 00:00
Black Friday: Irish shoppers look online following sterling fallRise of pre-Christmas discounting a ‘double-edged sword’, says Irish retailer bodyFri Nov 25 2016 - 07:19
‘Black Friday’: A rundown of what’s on offerRetailers are offering significant discounts on products for annual spending spreeFri Nov 25 2016 - 06:09
Motor insurance industry accused of cartel-like methodsOireachtas finds lack of data-sharing and transparency in car insurance sectorFri Nov 25 2016 - 01:00
Law society says it is ‘vindicated’ on motor insuranceInsurance Ireland says it hopes reforms will address high cost of claims and level of awardsThu Nov 24 2016 - 22:48
Motor insurance industry accused of cartel-like behaviourOireachtas committee recommends ‘full transparency’ on how claims are processedThu Nov 24 2016 - 14:13
Lidl and Aldi to hold prices in Republic despite sterling slideDiscounters signal no rises in State despite UK price increases after currency slippageWed Nov 23 2016 - 19:27
Central Bank mortgage rule change: What it means for youQ&A: What is the impact in terms of cold, hard cash?Wed Nov 23 2016 - 17:35
Patients, staff, clowns and Elvis celebrate 60 years of children’s hospitalBirthday party also a chance to marvel at pace of change in Our Lady’s, CrumlinMon Nov 21 2016 - 20:13
Conor Pope’s Black Friday advice: pricey items offer best bargainsBuyers beware: some will get good deals. Many will buy stuff they don’t want and can’t affordMon Nov 21 2016 - 11:42
Dunnes takes top slot in supermarket league tableMarket share rises to 22.6 per cent, just ahead of SuperValu with Tesco in thirdMon Nov 21 2016 - 11:42
Passenger trains use Phoenix Park tunnel for first time in 100 yearsSmall number of early morning passengers affected by ticketing issuesMon Nov 21 2016 - 10:20
Pricewatch: Irish families need about €50,000 a year to surviveFigure for a family of four does not include going on holidaysMon Nov 21 2016 - 06:00
Pricewatch reader queries: Car key insurance, Tesco Clubcard vouchers and sterling rip-offUnlocking the confusion about car key insuranceMon Nov 21 2016 - 01:00
Gay Byrne to miss radio show over cancer concerns‘We are going into hospital as they may have discovered a bit of cancer in the prostate’Sun Nov 20 2016 - 17:11
So long CDs? Golden Discs says no with national Tesco rolloutThree-year partnership will make brand the Republic’s largest home-entertainment retailerFri Nov 18 2016 - 18:03
Laya plans 5% rise in health insurance premiums in 2017Company blaming ‘unsustainable’ increases in hospital claims and consultant costsFri Nov 18 2016 - 15:18
Cost of basket of prescription drugs down 60% in last three yearsHSE policy shift brought €95m worth of savings up to the end of 2014, and a further decrease of €160m in 2015Thu Nov 17 2016 - 01:00
The pressure and joys of caring for premature babiesSurvival rates have greatly improved, but ‘we are long way from being home and hosed’Thu Nov 17 2016 - 01:00
Christmas shopping: Is it an annual chore or a joy?Five personalities offer their views of what it is to give, and where they seek the perfect giftThu Nov 17 2016 - 00:00
‘Yes, it’s high in nutrients and better for you than crisps, but does kale taste nice?Food Month Food Court: Green goddess Domini Kemp loves kale, but Conor Pope can’t stand the stuffTue Nov 15 2016 - 12:30
From tomato sauce to colonic irrigation – 13 health fads that just don’t workHealth foods and fashionable diets really should come with a pinch of saltMon Nov 14 2016 - 11:00
Pricewatch: Value for money in juicers and blendersFrom top end to budget, products that will make a difference in your kitchenMon Nov 14 2016 - 01:00
Shrinkflation alert: This time it’s Terry’s Chocolate OrangeMore say it isn’t so: ‘Incidentally, Yorkies are now much smaller as well’Mon Nov 14 2016 - 01:00
Money walks: Ireland readies to go cashless, eventuallyOther countries are much further down the road to a hard cash-free existenceMon Nov 14 2016 - 01:00
Toblerone orm: Chocolate bars feel wrath of ‘shrinkflation’Toblerone widening the gap between triangles in effort to reduce weight and costTue Nov 08 2016 - 16:22
Next to cut prices by 10% amid Brexit uncertaintyBritish retailer will reduce charges in all of its stores in the Republic due to weak sterlingMon Nov 07 2016 - 17:51
From CB radio to SodaStreams: the technology that time forgotCharting the rise and fall of products and pricesMon Nov 07 2016 - 01:00
